During the third presidential debate between political rivals Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump last Wednesday, the former secretary of state failed the women she purports to represent by perpetuating several myths about abortion and Planned Parenthood that have been proven untrue.

Either by sheer ignorance or cunning deception, Clinton, the Democratic nominee for president, misled viewers of the Fox News debate when she said Planned Parenthood provides cancer screenings, China no longer forces women to have abortions, late-term abortions are necessary to save the lives of mothers, and Planned Parenthood is needed to provide healthcare for women.

Myth No. 1: Planned Parenthood provides breast cancer screenings

Planned Parenthood and its supporters have long claimed that the nation's largest abortion business provides "life-saving breast cancer screenings." But Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards admitted "there aren't any Planned Parenthood clinics … not any have mammogram machines at their facilities," during her sworn testimony before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on Sept. 29, 2015, as reported by The Christian Post.

Despite Richards' admission after years of lying to women about providing mammograms, she again made the false claim in a column published by the Orlando Sentinel on Tuesday, in which she said Planned Parenthood provides breast cancer screenings, and warned Floridians that if they vote for Donald Trump and Mike Pence, "thousands of Florida women will lose access to breast-cancer screenings."

(Photo: REUTERS/Gary Cameron)Planned Parenthood Federation president Cecile Richards is sworn in before she testifies before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on Capitol Hill in Washington September 29, 2015.

CP has called Planned Parenthood clinics nationwide since 2013 to ask if any offer breast cancer screenings to women or help fund mammograms at referral clinics for low-income or uninsured patients. Every staff person responded by saying their clinics have never provided mammogram services to women, nor do they provide funding for mammograms at referral clinics.

That same year, however, Florida Hospital's Komen Breast Care Programreceived $50,000 and used those funds to provide "755 free screening mammograms, 189 diagnostic mammograms, 20 breast MRIs and 25 breast biopsies for uninsured, underinsured, or underserved women," according to ADF.

One Planned Parenthood employee told CP it might be possible for a breast self-exam to be performed in their clinic but it would cost $100, which might or might not be refunded. The staffer also said the breast self-exam wasn't a service they were used to providing, and she wasn't aware that anyone in the clinic had ever been asked to perform one.

It's important to note that a breast self-exam, which women can do in the privacy of their home at no cost, is not recommended by either the American Cancer Society or the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation as the preferred method of examination. Instead, both organizations advise women to have an annual mammogram.

While life-saving breast cancer screenings are not available at Planned Parenthood clinics, women can receive free annual mammograms at local churches, hospitals, or community health centers that provide free screenings every year during the month of October.

Planned Parenthood provides abortions, STD testing and birth control, but they don't provide any form of prenatal care for women who want to start a family.

If a pregnant woman were to call her local Planned Parenthood clinic to request a prenatal appointment or to schedule an ultrasound, she would be turned away. Why? Because Planned Parenthood doesn't provide OB/GYN services to pregnant women who plan to give birth and need a doctor to provide medical care throughout their pregnancy and delivery.

(Photo: Reuters/Joshua Lott)A pregnant woman stands on a scale before receiving a prenatal exam at the Maternity Outreach Mobile in Phoenix, Arizona October 8, 2009. The maternity outreach program helps uninsured women living in the Phoenix metropolitan area receive the proper treatment and care during and after their pregnancy. The Maternity Outreach Mobile is equipped with two exam rooms, an ultrasound machine, an external fetal monitor, a laboratory and offers pregnancy tests, referrals and immunization for children.

CP was informed by Planned Parenthood staff that the only item some clinics provide to pregnant women who want to carry their baby to term is one pack of prenatal vitamins.

Planned Parenthood also doesn't offer services for youth, unless you include the abortions and birth control they provide to young girls who are taken to clinics by their abusers who find refuge at abortion facilities that help them cover up their crimes.

Although staff at abortion clinics are supposed to report suspected cases of abuse when an adult brings in a child who's under the age of consent for an abortion, they're also required to report any suspected sexual abuse when minors go into clinics for birth control or treatment for an STD.

In a 2014 undercover video filmed at a Planned Parenthood workshop in Michigan, an abortion provider is seen arguing against helping young victims of rape and sexual assault by asserting that because clinic workers are not state employees, they should not be required to report known cases of child abuse to authorities.

(Photo: Reuters/Kim Kyung-Hoon)A couple takes pictures with their baby on the Tiananmen Gate in Beijing, China, November 2, 2015. China must continue to enforce its one-child policy until new rules allowing all couples to have two children go into effect, the top family planning body said. The ruling Communist Party said last week that Beijing would loosen its decades-old one-child policy. The plan for the change must be approved by the rubber-stamp parliament during its annual session in March.

Myth No. 3: China no longer forces women to have abortions

Clinton frequently boasts of having traveled to 112 countries during her tenure as secretary of state and for giving a speech in Beijing, China, as first lady in 1995 at the U.N.'s Fourth World Conference on Women in which she said "women's rights are human rights."

Last week, Clinton said she has "been to countries where governments forced women to have abortions, like they used to do in China." Surprisingly, Clinton isn't aware that China continues to force women to have abortions.

CP reported in August that a woman who was eight months pregnant was forced to choose between either having an abortion or face both she and her husband losing their government jobs. This decision was forced upon her because the regime demands that women abort their third child, even if they are part of a blended family in which each parent only has one child from a previous marriage.

A woman named He Liping was also forced to either abort her baby during the six month of pregnancy or pay a so-called terror fine of $39,000, according to Reggie Littlejohn, president of Women's Rights Without Frontiers.

These are just two cases among the thousands of women who suffer the mental, emotional and physical consequences of abortion.

Myth No. 4: Late-term abortions are necessary to save women's lives

After Clinton's remarks last week in which she said late-term abortions are necessary to save the lives of mothers,California-based OB/GYN, Dr. Lawrence Koning, responded to her claims in a Facebook post, saying there is "no medical" situation that requires aborting a child.

"As an OB/GYN physician for 31 years there is no medical situation that requires aborting/killing the baby in the third trimester to 'save the mother's life,'" Koning wrote. "Just deliver the baby by C-section and the baby has a 95-plus percent survival with readily available NICU care even at 28 weeks. C-section is quicker and safer than partial birth abortion for the mother."

Lila Rose, president of the pro-life group Live Action, also pointed to a survey that shows "more than 1,000 medical professionals have concluded that abortion is never medically necessary to save a mother's life.

"While life-saving treatment for a mother may result in the death of her preborn child, there's a fundamental difference between a woman receiving medical treatment for her condition versus choosing an abortion to directly kill her preborn child," Rose said.

CP also interviewed an abortionist (who will remain anonymous for this report), who said that even though they perform both first and second trimester abortions, their own medical observations have led them to conclude that, especially after the first trimester of pregnancy, it is safer for the mother's health to carry the baby to term than it is for her to have an abortion.

It's a fallacy to believe that a woman must pay a late-term abortionist $10,000 to save her life if her health is at risk in a medical emergency instead of receiving care at a hospital or from her treating physician who knows her medical history.

It's especially concerning that Clinton would suggest this option for women given that abortion clinics are not equipped to handle medical emergencies, such as the hemorrhaging women experience after an abortion that can lead to death.

To see the list of women who are known to have died as a result of their legal abortions, click here.